U.S. Monthly Trade Deficit 2nd Largest Since ‘Liberation Day’

The May increase is potentially troubling to a President Trump who, like many of his predecessors, does not like trade ...

$49B in tariff refunds put U.S. deficit on dangerous path

The US Treasury paid out $49.2 billion in tariff refunds in June, flipping a prior surplus into a $120 billion deficit. See ...
Forbes

Mexico Deficit With U.S. Larger Than China’s Three Of Last Five Months

In a remarkable turnaround, the U.S. deficit with Mexico has been larger than the deficit with China for three of the last five months and four of the last seven. In fact, the annual U.S. deficit with ...
CNBC

U.S. deficit grows to $291 billion in July despite tariff revenue surge

The U.S. government's budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion despite a nearly $21 billion jump in customs duty collections from President Donald Trump's tariffs, with outlays growing ...

Surge in imports drives US goods trade deficit to 14-month high in May

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit in goods swelled to a 14-month high in May as businesses boosted imports, likely to avoid shortages and higher prices related ...
Morningstar

The federal deficit is a mess - but fixing Social Security could help a lot

Eliminating Social Security's deficit would cut the federal government's primary deficit in half. It would also make Americans happy. Recently, the Congressional Budget Office released its budget ...